Indonesian History Part I
Pre-history
* Pleistocene: The modern geological form of Indonesia appears, linked to Asian mainland.
* 2 million to 500,000 years ago: Indonesia is inhabited by Homo erectus, now popularly known as the 'Java Man'.
* 40,000 BCE: Earliest human societies first thought to have existed in parts of the Indonesian archipelago, New Guinea, Melanesia, Australia, highlands of the Malay Peninsula, and the Philippines.
* 3,000 BCE: The modern peoples of Indonesia of Austronesian origins are thought to have first reached the northern Philippines. They reach eastern Indonesian and Borneo by 2,000 BCE, and New Guinea, Java and Sumatra between 1,500BCE and 1,000BCE.
* 200 BCE: Dvipantara or Jawa Dwipa Hindu kingdom is thought to have existed in Java and Sumatra.
Early history
* 5th century: Stone inscriptions in west Java announce decrees of Purnavarman, king of Tarumanagara.
* 700 CE: Wet-field rice cultivation, small towns and kingdoms flourish. Trade links are established with both China and India.
* 732 CE:Sanjaya dynasty founded around this time according to Canggal inscription.
* 3rd to 15th century: The Sumatra-based Srivijaya naval kingdom flourishes and declines.
* 8th century to 832 CE: The agriculturally-based Buddhist Sailendra kingdom flourishes and declines.
* 760 CE to 830CE: Borobudur Buddhist monument constructed.
* 856 CE: Prambanan Hindu temple thought to have been completed.
* 752 to 1045: The Hindu Mataram dynasty flourishes and declines.
* 1006 CE: King Dharmawangsa's Medang kingdom falls under invasion of Wurawari (Srivijayan ally).
* 1019 CE: Airlangga establishes the Kingdom of Kahuripan.
Friday, November 20, 2009
Timeline of Indonesian history Part I
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